Patents Assigned to Under Armour, Inc.
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Patent number: 11547163Abstract: A textile laminate includes a first side, a second side, and a plurality of spaced apart marks formed on the first side. The plurality of marks formed on the first side impart a roughened, uneven surface along the second side that corresponds with the first side, and a surface roughness of the second side varies based upon a degree of stretch applied to the textile laminate.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventor: Mark Cumiskey
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Patent number: 11547177Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole connected to the upper, and an outsole connected to the midsole. The midsole includes a platform extending along a perimeter portion of the midsole and a lattice structure integrally formed with the platform, the lattice structure including a network of laths.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Alan Guyan, Kevin Fallon, Jason Berns
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Patent number: 11540595Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole connected to the upper. The sole includes a plurality of cleat mounts. A plurality of cleats is releasably connected to the cleat mounts of the sole. Each of the plurality of cleats includes a mount coupling and a plurality of legs connected to the mount coupling. The mount coupling is configured to engage one of the plurality of cleat mounts and releasably connect the cleat to the sole. The plurality of legs includes at least one lateral leg having a first hardness and at least one medial leg having a second hardness, the first hardness different from the second hardness.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Michael Glancy, Michael Forsey
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Patent number: 11503878Abstract: An improved article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper. The upper is coupled to the sole structure and is configured to receive at least a portion of a human foot. The upper further includes a toebox, a medial quarter, a lateral quarter, a heel cup. The upper also includes a three dimensional auxetic structure at least partially formed within the medial quarter, lateral quarter, and heel cup of the upper. The three dimensional auxetic structure defines a primary expansion direction, a secondary expansion direction, and a tertiary expansion direction. The secondary expansion direction is transverse to the primary expansion direction. The tertiary expansion direction is normal to the plane defined by the primary expansion direction and the secondary expansion direction. Furthermore, the upper of the article of footwear is constructed via a thermoforming process.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Kort Neumann, Alan Toronjo
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Patent number: 11490692Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole, an upper, and a reconfigurable fastening system. The upper is coupled to the sole and includes medial and lateral quarters. Disposed on the medial and lateral quarters are a plurality of eyelets. Each of the eyelets includes a pair of openings disposed in the upper. The plurality of eyelets further includes at least one elongate member threaded through the pair of openings of each eyelet. The elongate member includes a series of first, or unexposed, portions that are disposed on an inner surface of the upper, and a series of second, or exposed, portions that are disposed on the outer surface of the upper. As fastener or lacing may be selectively threaded through an eyelet of the plurality of eyelets, where the fastener may be threaded between the second portion of the elongate member and the outer surface of the upper.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventor: Reginald Wilson, Jr.
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Patent number: 11464262Abstract: A brassiere includes a front portion configured to be position along a front of a torso, a back portion coupled to the front portion, and a shoulder strap extending from the front portion to the back portion. The front portion comprises a fabric layer and a discontinuous polymer layer. The fabric layer includes a first, user-facing side and second side opposite the first side. The polymer layer is deposited on the second side of the fabric layer. The polymer layer forms covered fabric areas where the polymer is applied to the fabric layer and noncovered fabric areas where the polymer is not applied to the fabric layer. The noncovered fabric areas provide openings in the discontinuous polymer layer, thereby exposing the fabric layer. An elastic modulus of the covered fabric areas is greater than the noncovered fabric areas.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Merida Miller, Jason Berns
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Patent number: 11464266Abstract: A garment includes a waistband having a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a concealed surface and an exposed surface. The exposed surface of the first layer configured to be in contact with a skin of a wearer. The second layer includes a concealed surface and an outer portion. The second layer secured to the first layer at an upper and a lower end to form the waistband. The garment further includes a first layer of polymer disposed on the concealed surface of the first layer and a second layer of polymer material disposed on the concealed surface of the second layer such that the first layer releasably engages the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Paridee Kositchiranant, Jessica Burkhardt
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Patent number: 11457693Abstract: An article of footwear includes a midsole, an upper disposed above the midsole, and an outsole disposed below the midsole. The midsole includes a lattice structure having an upper side and a lower side, wherein the upper side is a user-facing side and the lower side is a ground-facing side. A first platform is integrally formed into the upper side of the lattice structure. A second platform is integrally formed into the lower side of the lattice structure. The lattice structure extends from the first platform to the second platform.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventor: Alan Guyan
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Patent number: 11452340Abstract: In one embodiment, an article of footwear including an upper is described. The upper includes a braid body and at least one component. The braid body includes at least one braided layer. A reinforcement element is attached to the braid body along a connection area using a connecting stitch. The component is attached to the braid body at the connection area using a zigzag stitch including a thread that passes through the component at a first location and passes through the reinforcement element and the braid body at a second location. The second location extends beyond the connecting stitch attaching the reinforcement element to the braid body.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Craig Santos, Carman Zhu, James Huang
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Publication number: 20220292574Abstract: Apparatus and methods are given for providing enhanced product recommendations. In one embodiment, products are recommended to a consumer based on information manually entered by the consumer and/or derived from data relating to the consumer obtained from a health-monitoring platform. The recommended products are provided from a recommendation engine to a human operator or curator at an item selection entity, the curator selects a predetermined number of the recommended products for delivery to the consumer. Such delivery is established by the consumer to occur periodically (such as monthly) as part of a subscription service. Product recommendations are adjusted over time to relate to customer activity and interest data accumulated from the health-monitoring platform. In one embodiment, a recommendation engine is configured to specifically tailor its recommendation algorithms based on feedback information received from the curator and/or the consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Madeline Taylor Rose, Patrick Howell, Joohyun Kim, Murtaza Ali, Sid Jatia, Chul Lee
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Patent number: 11439206Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear with a braided upper is disclosed. The method includes overbraiding a last to form a braided upper and cutting a bottom opening in the braided upper to remove the last. The bottom opening is cut so as to leave a bottom peripheral portion on the bottom side of the braided upper. A midsole is attached directly to the bottom peripheral portion using a bonding agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventor: Craig Santos
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Patent number: 11425963Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole connected to the upper, and an outsole connected to the midsole. The midsole includes a lattice structure comprising a network of laths forming a plurality of cell units, the plurality of cell units arranged in a plurality of layers on the midsole. The cell units in an upper layer are stacked upon the cell units in a lower layer and separated by a set of vertices common to cell units in both the upper layer and the lower layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Alan Guyan, Jason Berns, Kevin Fallon
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Patent number: 11413500Abstract: A fitness tracking system for generating movement variables corresponding to movement of a user includes a monitoring device, a personal electronic device, and a remote processing server. The monitoring device is configured to be worn or carried by the user and includes a movement sensor configured to collect movement data. The personal electronic device is operably connected to the monitoring device. At least one of the personal electronic device and the monitoring device is configured to calculate feature data by applying a set of rules to the movement data, to calculate raw speed data corresponding to a speed of the user from the subset of the movement data, and to calculate raw distance data corresponding to a distance moved by the user from the subset of the movement data. The remote processing server includes a machine learning model for processing at least the feature data.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: F. Grant Kovach, Michael Mazzoleni, Jeffrey Allen
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Patent number: 11388944Abstract: A chin strap includes a protective shell including a curved and convex contour extending between lengthwise ends of the shell, the shell further including a first curved edge extending between the lengthwise ends of the shell and a second curved edge extending between the lengthwise ends of the shell. A cross-section along a lengthwise central axis of the chin strap defines a first shell portion including the first curved edge and a second shell portion including the second curved edge. The first shell portion of the cross-section defines a first surface area between the lengthwise central axis and the first curved edge, and the second shell portion of the cross-section defines a second surface area between the lengthwise central axis and the second curved edge, where the first surface area is less than the second surface area.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Connelly, Jedd A. Komlos
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Patent number: 11393007Abstract: Apparatus and methods are given for providing enhanced product recommendations. In one embodiment, products are recommended to a consumer based on information manually entered by the consumer and/or derived from data relating to the consumer obtained from a health-monitoring platform. The recommended products are provided from a recommendation engine to a human operator or curator at an item selection entity, the curator selects a predetermined number of the recommended products for delivery to the consumer. Such delivery is established by the consumer to occur periodically (such as monthly) as part of a subscription service. Product recommendations are adjusted over time to relate to customer activity and interest data accumulated from the health-monitoring platform. In one embodiment, a recommendation engine is configured to specifically tailor its recommendation algorithms based on feedback information received from the curator and/or the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Madeline Taylor Rose, Patrick Howell, Joohyun Kim, Murtaza Ali, Sid Jatia, Chul Lee
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Patent number: D959808Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Tom Luedecke, David McManus
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Patent number: D968880Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventor: Brandon Stroud
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Patent number: D971571Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventor: Gabriel To'oto'o
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Patent number: D974545Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Plank, Kyle Blakely, Ella Mae Holmes, Jami Dunbar, Kasey Jarvis
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Patent number: D974546Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Plank, Kyle Blakely, Ella Mae Holmes, Jami Dunbar, Kasey Jarvis